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Areas of Excessive Heat and Excessive Rainfall Today

Dangerously hot conditions are occurring today in southeast Oklahoma, the ArkLaTex, lower Mississippi Valley, and Puerto Rico. Hot temperatures surround this area throughout the southern U.S. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in effect. Excessive rainfall may lead to flash flooding today over parts of northern Alabama into eastern Tennessee and the Cascades. Read More >

 

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November & Autumn 2017

  • Fort Smith: The high temperature of 87°F on 11/02/2017 ties 11/16/2016 as the warmest high temperature recorded in the month of November.
  • Fayetteville: The high temperature of 83°F on 11/02/2017 ties 11/09/2006 as the warmest high temperature recorded in the month of November.
  • McAlester: The high temperature of 90°F on 11/05/2017 was the warmest high temperature recorded in the month of November. This breaks the previous records of 88°F on 11/02/2017 and 86°F on 11/04/2017, 11/16/2016, and 11/02/2012.
  • Muskogee: The high temperature of 87°F on 11/05/2017 was the warmest high temperature recorded in the month of November. The previous record was 86°F on 11/16/2016.
  • Using the radar-derived estimated observed precipitation from the RFCs, rainfall totals for November 2017 ranged from a few hundredths of an inch to 3”. Most of southeast OK received less than 0.25” of rain this month. This corresponds to 60% to less than 5% of the normal November rainfall. Only far northeast OK, far northwest AR, and small portions of Osage and eastern Kay Counties had 25% to 60% of the normal November rainfall. A significant portion of eastern OK and west central AR received less than 5% of the normal November rainfall!
  • November 2017 was a very dry month across eastern OK and northwest AR, with a large portion of the area receiving less than 5% of the normal November rainfall.
  • No mainstem river flooding occurred this month.
  • According to the U.S. Drought Monitor from November 28, 2017, drought increased significantly this month. Severe Drought (D2) developed over parts of Cherokee, Adair, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Haskell, Le Flore, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, and Choctaw Counties in eastern OK and Benton, Carroll, Washington, Madison, Crawford, Sebastian, and Franklin Counties in northwest AR. Moderate (D1) drought conditions were present across portions of Delaware, Cherokee, Muskogee, McIntosh, Haskell, Pittsburg, and Latimer Counties in eastern OK and Carroll, Madison, Washington, and Benton Counties in northwest AR. Abnormally dry, but not in drought, (D0) conditions were occurring over portions of Ottawa, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner, Cherokee, Okmulgee, Creek, Okfuskee, Muskogee, and McIntosh Counties in eastern Oklahoma.
  • According to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (mesonet stations only), November 2017 was the 15th driest for northeast Oklahoma, the 3rd driest for east central Oklahoma, and the Record driest for southeast Oklahoma.  Records go back to 1921. For the Cool Growing Season September 1 - November 30, 2017, northeast Oklahoma ranked as the 36th driest, east central Oklahoma was the 12th driest, and southeast Oklahoma was the 2nd driest period.  For Year-to-Date 2017 (January 1-November 30, 2017), northeast Oklahoma ranked as the 11th wettest, east central Oklahoma was the 15th wettest, and southeast Oklahoma was the 49th wettest Year-to-Date.
Autumn (September-October-November) 2017